TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 • 14 Mayor Visits Woodside, Inks Vision Zero Laws Legislative Package For Safer Streets Members to announce the legislation that supports the city’s Vision Zero initiative by improving traffic data collection and enforcement efforts, codifying safety engineering requirements and updating penalties for dangerous driving, a statement said. The mayor also said he was pleased the state legislature had passed an item that alows the city to lower its default speed limit from 25 to 30 mph, the statement said. He Elmhurst Kidnapper Gets Convicted Abducted & Robbed Businessman In Garage “Hutchinson has now been held accountable for his actions—forcibly abducting and robbing a businessman at gunpoint and threatening to physically harm his family,” Brown said in announcing the conviction last Tuesday, June 17. “Fortunately, the victim—who displayed tremendous courage under pressure—managed to escape his captor, keep his family out of harm’s way and eventually testify against the defendant at trial.” Reportedly, the trouble began on by Noah Zuss During a ceremony in Woodside on Monday, June 23, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several street safety bills to support the Vision Zero Initiative aimed at eliminating trafficrelated fatalities. The mayor held the bill-signing ceremony at the newly redesigned intersection of Northern Boulevard and 61st Street, where an eight-yearold boy, Noshat Nahian, was struck and killed in December 2013. At about 8 a.m. that morning, Nahian was hit by an unlicensed driver after he made a left onto Northern Boulevard, police and witnesses said. De Blasio was joined by Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan and City Council -SEE VISION ON PG. 56- by Robert Pozarycki Jurors convicted a 32-year-old man last week for his role in the kidnapping of an Elmhurst man inside an apartment building parking garage back in November 2012, prosecutors announced. Omar Hutchinson, 32, of South Fifth Avenue in Mount Vernon, Westchester County was found guilty last Monday, June 16, of seconddegree kidnapping, first- and second-degree robbery, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and attempted grand larceny. Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard L. Buchter, who presided over the trial, ordered Hutchinson to return to court on July 10 for sentencing; the defendant faces up to 25 years behind bars, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. -SEE KIDNAPPED ON PG. 57- Do you have diabetes? 20% of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime. Have you had your feet checked lately ©Times Newsweekly - 20147 - DR1.DEL8LAC-N6 E3 W9 --F3 E3 E3 T8 DDEENNTTAALL CCAARREE FFOORR TTHHEE EENNTTIRREE FFAAMMILLYY Santa LoCascio, D.D.S., P.C. PRROOVVIDDINNGG PRROOFFESSIOONNAALL && PERRSOONNAALLIZEDD CCAARRE 70-16 FRESH POND RD., RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - DR.LOCASCIO/A 1-718-628-6588 Our Complete Dental Cleaning (Includes X-ray, Exam & Cleaning) Any Filling, Extraction or Emergency Visit $99 $99 We also accept most insurances Like Us On Facebook ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - PUGMO Own A Building? Check Out Our Rates FREE INSURANCE QUOTES PACKAGE POLICY FIRE/DWELLING LIABILITY $1,000,000 LOSS OF RENTS - ACTUAL LOSS DEDUCTIBLE $1,000 Specializing In Apartment Buildings and Structures in Ridgewood and surrounding areas. WE HAVE MANY COMPANIES & PROGRAMS. LET US QUOTE YOUR AUTO/LIFE/HOME. DON’T DELAY- CALL TODAY AND SAVE! Se Habla Español GRACEMOSER INSURANCE AGENCY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1949 73-06 Metropolitan Avenue (2nd Floor) Middle Village, NY (Near 73rd Place) Phone 718-326-1982 • Fax 718-326-2662 www.gracemoseragency.com RIDGEWOOD HAIR STYLISTS 57-01 Catalpa Ave. (Cor. Seneca Ave.) 1-718-821-9581 W E A L S O D O M A K E - U P • U P - D O s W A X I N G • W E D D I N G PA R T I E S ! SENIOR CITIZENS WEDNESDAY - 15% OFF Wed. & Thur.: ©Times Newsweekly – 2014– R'WOOD^HAIR CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT • WALK-INS WELCOME COLOR, CUT& BLOWDRY OOnllyy $$44550000 Shor t Hair Only. Wed. & Thur. : $15 Haircut - Short Hair Only With This Ad Only, Expires July 2, 2014 Open: Tues 7/1, Wed 7/2, Thurs 7/3 Closed: Fri 7/4 & Sat 7/5 Gift Certificates Available ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - CARMELFEST
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